ΠΕΡΙΣΥΡΟΝΤΕΣ, περισυροντες
PERISYRONTES, perisyrontes
Sounds Like: peh-ree-SOO-ron-tes
Translations: dragging around, hauling about, pulling around, carrying about
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΥΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb σύρω (syro), meaning 'to drag' or 'to draw'. Therefore, περισύρω means 'to drag around' or 'to haul about'. As a participle, it describes an action that is ongoing or concurrent with the main verb, often functioning like an adjective or adverb, indicating someone who is dragging or being dragged around.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative or Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G4061 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 7:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΥΡΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΣΥΡΑΝΤΕΣ — dragging around, having dragged around, pulling around
- ΠΕΡΙΣΥΡΩ — to drag around, to drag about, to drag along, to carry away, to sweep away
- ΠΕΡΙΣΥΡΩΝ — dragging around, pulling about, sweeping away, carrying along
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